Summer signing Mladen Petric, who joined for free from Hamburg, was an immediate hit with Cottagers fans, scoring twice, and setting up one goal to kick off his career in Southwest London in fine fashion whilst Chris Hughton's beginning as Canaries boss did not quite go to plan.

Martin Jolâ€™s men, who were without star scorer Dempsey who is looking for a move elsewhere, kicked things off prior to the half-hour mark when John Arne Riiseâ€™s long ball across field found Damien Duff who managed to squeeze it past John Ruddy who ended up having a very busy afternoon picking the ball out of the back of the net.

Next was Petricâ€™s maiden goal in English football which came in the 41st minute when he got on the end of Duffâ€™s corner and glanced home a header which was almost cleared off the line by Jonny Howson.

Soon enough it was 3-0 to Fulham when Petric grabbed his second from 30 yards just under ten minutes into the second half thanks to a massive deflection off Michael Turner.

Cottagers young gun Alex Kacaniklic added another in the 66th minute when he received a clever backheel from Petric to finish neatly before Steve Sidwell wrapped it up from the penalty spot after Turner had coomitted a poor tackle on summer signing Hugo Rodallega.